What to Bring on a Road Trip

Welcome to “The Perfect,” ELLE.com’s weekly roundup, where we lay out exactly what you’ll need for the perfect outfit, shopping list, Saturday night, or whatever it may be. In a shopping landscape where the options are endless, consider it a complete snapshot of must-haves.

Getting away from it all doesn’t require leaving on a jet plane. Some of the easiest trips to plan and execute have destinations within a drivable radius of home, plus plenty of intriguing stops along the way. Here, everything to take along if you’ve got a road trip on the horizon (and inspiration to plan one if not).

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Dress

A road trip is about the journey and the destination. Feel comfortable en route and look pulled-together at the end in a roomy maxi.